Jed S. Rakoff : (3) " I think it’s common sense to say that the longer away from a crime it gets prosecuted, the less deterrent effect there is. " - Jed S. Rakoff " I was always attracted to taking a novel position, but one grounded in the materials I’d been given, not made up out of whole cloth. " - Jed S. Rakoff " Companies do not commit crimes; only their agents do. And while a company might get the benefit of some such crimes, prosecuting the company would inevitably punish, directly or indirectly, the many employees and shareholders who were totally innocent. " - Jed S. Rakoff